Thank you for your interest in being a part of
Daylesford's “newest” Makers Market.
The Market is located inside the Daylesford Town Hall, 76 Vincent Street Daylesford.
We are looking to showcase a wide variety of stalls and we always love to hear from new designers, artists and makers.
Stalls will be limited and hand selected to suit our Market.
If you would like to be a part of our boutique market experience,
and offer people an opportunity to purchase
original and highly creative handmade products
crafted by you, then go to the "Apply for a Stall" tab
and fill in the application form.
STALL HOLDER APPLICATIONS
If you are interested and would like to become Market stall holder at
the Vincent St Makers Market please complete the online
application form located under the “APPLY FOR A STALL” tab.
WHO CAN APPLY FOR A SITE
The Market is open to independent designers, crafters and artisans both
locally, from Regional Victoria and further afield. If you create,
design, or produce a high quality product we would love to have you as a
part of our Market.
Each stallholder must be the designer or maker of the items they are
selling. We are a Makers Market and will not accept or permit stalls to
sell pre-purchased goods, or onsell items. You must provide significant
creative input into the product and not just apply token additions or
package the products.
HOW TO APPLY FOR A SITE
Only online applications submitted through our “Apply for a Stall” tab will be accepted.
Please do not email us with applications as this will not be included on our database and your application will not be assessed.
Please include 3 clear images of your work or a link where we can view
your items as this forms part of the assessment process and is a
requirement of the application. You may have great products that would
be a great fit for our Market, but unless your photos and descriptions
clearly show us, your application may not be successful.
If you do not provide images or a link your application will not be
assessed. If you have any concerns regarding this requirement please
email us.
You will receive an email within 72 hours of submitting your application
advising that we have received it. If you do not hear from us, please
check your spam folder or email us to let us know. This email is not a confirmation of acceptance as a stall holder, just a
courtesy email to let you know that we have received your application.
Each market will have a cut-off date to submit applications, and after
that date the Market Committee will assess your application based on the
product/type/uniqueness of your items, and the amount of stall holders
in the same category. If you are successful you will be sent an email
offering a site at the Market.
We will not be sending emails if you are unsuccessful as we simply do
not have the time, however your application will be placed on a waiting
list and if we have a cancellation we will email you to see if your are
still interested/available.
If you are unsuccessful it is not a reflection of your quality of work,
or products, we want to ensure that we have a good mix of different
unique stalls. It would not be fair to customers and stall holders to
have too many of the same type of products. We will be regularly
rotating stallholders and we encourage you to apply for each Market.
If you have been approved as a stallholder Market management will send
out an email offering you a site at the Market. You will also be sent an
invoice for your site fees. Invoices are to be paid strictly within 14
days. Reminder notices will not be sent. If you do not pay within the
allocated time and we do not hear from you, your site will be offered to
the next available stallholder on the waiting list. If you have any
problems please send us an email.
As the market gets closer you will be sent an email with all the set-up
details and any other details that you will need
to know.
CANCELLING A SITE
In the event that you have to cancel your site, you must notify us in
writing immediately, to allow us to contact someone on the waiting list.
If you cancel up to prior to 14 days before the market date we will
issue a full refund for site fees. If you cancel with less than 14 days
to Market date there will be no refund.
ON MARKET DAY
The market will operate from 10.00am until 4.00pm.
The Market committee and helpers will be there early to open up, and get the hall ready for the Market.
Setup up time will commence for stallholders from 8.00am. Please do not arrive before this time as the Hall will not be ready.
Your stall is to customer ready from 9.45am, and you will be expected to
trade through the entire day. You will not be permitted to commence
pack-up of your site before 4.00pm or otherwise directed by Market
management.
It is unfair to customers and other stallholders to try and pack up a
stall before the finish of the market while others a still trying to
trade.
A high level of professionalism is expected in the way that the stalls
are setup and your items displayed. This is required to maintain the
overall feel of the market, and make sure that your wares are appealing
to buyers. You are permitted to place banners etc on the walls with
blue tack ONLY. The blue tack is to be removed when you pack up your
site. If you damage the walls of the Hall in any way, your details will
be given to the Hall Hirer so that they can organize payment for
damage.
The Market Committee will be available throughout the day. Please let
us know if there is something we can do to help you. We will also have a
“Market Helper” available that can look after your stall for you few a
few minutes if you require a break or coffee.
PROMOTION OF THE MARKET
From the moment that you are accepted to become a stall holder we will
ensure that your business is well promoted and advertised using numerous
marketing strategies including online and traditional methods. Not
only are we providing you with the opportunity to sell your products to
your direct target market, we will be heavily promoting the market via
letter box drops and flyer distribution, both locally in Daylesford and
surrounding districts, but also in Ballarat, Geelong and Melbourne. Media
advertisements in local papers and magazines, online advertising in the
various What’s On and tourist information sites. We will also be doing
Blog articles showcasing individual Businesses, and Facebook shout outs
and tagging for participating stallholders.
We will have a market photographer that will be taking photos throughout
the day to use for promotional purposes, and to place on our Blog and
Facebook Page. Please let us know if you do not wish to have your
stall or business participate.
If you have any enquiries at all please email us and we will be only to happy to help you.
We look forward to having you as a part of the Vincent St Makers Market!
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